Episodes 3 and 4 were not quite as strong as the first two (I need more weirdness), but I'm not complaining yet.
From a reviewer on Netflix : "To say that this is a show about a carnival during the Depression is like saying Hendrix played the guitar: It really doesn't convey the essence of what you will experience when you watch Carnivale."
It's an incredibly interesting experience watching this show in the era of our own Economic Downturn, with a lot of chilling parallels as I'm reading more and more about the Dust Bowl (what an epic, massive disaster of Man Abusing Nature!), migrant workers who traveled from there to California, and the socioeconomic dynamics of the times. Lessons for us all.